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Sambo is one of the world's most brutal Martial Arts. It emphasizes real
world combat applications. While being known for its high impact throwing techniques, armlocks and strangulations, it is the
unique combination of leg locking techniques that have made it famous. Sambo, an acronym, translates "self defense without
weapons ".

Rich Rowland will show many exciting and never before seen ways to break the ankles and knee joints
of your opponent. You will be amazed when you see how many ways Rich will teach you to defeat and break the guard.

Student Comment:

Just wanted to say I'm very happy with the Sambo DVD's, and am picking up useful techniques. I have a lot
of respect for Mr. Rowland. I currently train MMA and the Combat Sambo has techniques not really taught by mma/jiu-jitsu schools,
I notice now when I roll I will use a technique and my opponent has no clue how to defend, thus making my job a lot easier.

The founders of Sambo deliberately sifted through all of the world's martial arts available to them to augment
their military's hand-to-hand combat system. One of these men, Vasili Oschepkov, taught judo and karate to elite Red Army forces at the Central Red Army House. He had earned his nidan (second degree black belt out of then five) from
judo's founder, Kano Jigoro, and he was one of the first foreigners who learned Judo in Japan and he used some of Kano's philosophy
in formulating the early development of the new Soviet art.

Sambo was in part born of native Russian and other regional styles of grappling and combative wrestling, bolstered with the most useful and adaptable concepts and techniques from the rest of the world.

Sambo's early development stemmed from the independent efforts of Oschepkov and another Russian, Victor Spiridonov, to integrate the techniques of judo into native wrestling styles. Spiridonov's background involved indigenous
styles of Russian martial art. His "soft-style" was based on the fact that he received a bayonet wound during the Russo-Japanese
War which left his left arm lame. Both Oschepkov and Spiridonov hoped that the Russian styles could be improved by an infusion
of the techniques distilled from jujutsu by Kano Jigoro into his new style of jacket wrestling. Contrary to common lore, Oschepkov and Spiridonov did not cooperate
on the development of their hand-to-hand systems. Rather, their independent notions of hand-to-hand combat merged through
cross-training between students and formulative efforts by their students and military staff. While Oschepkov and Spiridonov
did have occasion to collaborate, their efforts were not completely united.

Each technique was carefully dissected and considered for its merits, and if found acceptable in unarmed combat,
refined to reach Sambo's ultimate goal: to stop an armed or unarmed adversary in the least time possible. Thus, the best techniques
of jujutsu and its cousin, judo, entered the Sambo repertoire. When the techniques were perfected, they were woven into Sambo
applications for personal self-defense, police, crowd control, border guards, secret police, dignitary protection, psychiatric hospital staff, military, and commandos.

Source: Wikipedia

Warning: Much of this material is not allowed in competition, Shintai Ryu recommends this course for adults
only. This is a ranking course for Combat Sambo, 5 levels to Black Belt rank. Prepay testing option available
within 30 days of receiving your course.